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  Oil-rich Gabon will hold presidential, legislative and local elections on August 26, the West African country said Tuesday, with President Ali Bongo Ondimba’s strong favourite to win against a divided opposition. Bongo has not yet said whether he will ...

Ahead of the Eid el-Adha festival on Wednesday, Islamic clerics have advised Muslims to shun desperation, but celebrate the festival within their means. The clerics, who spoke to The Punch, urged Muslims to seek Allah’s pleasure with the resources available ...

  Alhaji Idirissu Amin, aka Idi Amin, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council and ally of ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, is dead. Family sources told Daily Trust that the deceased, who was the immediate past chairman ...

  Vigilante leader wanted over murder of two soldiers is arrested Police operatives in Rivers have arrested one Nyeche Ajuru, a leader of the disbanded OSPAC vigilante group who was declared wanted over alleged murder of two soldiers and seizure ...

  YouTuber MrBeast has claimed he was invited on the doomed Titan submersible that imploded on its way down to see the Titanic. MrBeast shared a text in a Twitter post on Sunday that appears to show that he was ...

  Nuhu Ribadu has formally taken over from Maj Gen Monguno as the National Security Adviser. President Bola Tinubu had last week appointed Ribadu as the NSA. He was earlier appointed as the Special Adviser on Security to Tinubu before ...

The Osun State Government has stated that it is unaware of any plans to subvert the death sentence on Dr Rahman Adedoyin. Describing the rumour making the rounds on social media as false, the state government, through a statement by ...

  The So-Safe Corps in Ogun State has warned Muslims not to allow beggars within their praying grounds during Wednesday’s Eid el-Kabir festival. This is as the security outfit assured Ogun residents and visitors of the utmost security of both ...

  The Nigerian Medical Students Association has blamed the management of Marina Resort over Saturday’s boat mishap, where 11 of their members were rescued and three others missing. The students had converged on Calabar, the Cross River State capital, for ...

  Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Monday, decorated the Acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Adeniyi’s decoration comes one week after he was named the Acting Customs Chief by President Bola Tinubu on Monday, June ...

  Yoruba actor, Akeem Adeyemi’s mum is dead. Actress Wumi Toriola, who is Akeem’s bestie shared the sad news on her Instagram page. She wrote; ”Your demise came as a rude shock but you lived a fulfilled life and that ...

  The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28 and Thursday, June 29, 2023 as public holidays. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the declaration ...

President Bola Tinubu has renamed some federal government-owned airports after some notable Nigerians including the immediate past president, Muhammadu Buhari. The development was contained in a memo dated June 1, signed by Mrs Joke Olatunji for the Director of Airport ...

  Skit maker, Trinity Guy remanded in prison for 15 days Oyo State Magistrate Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, has remanded skit maker, Abdullahi Maruff Adisa, popularly known as Trinity Guy, in prison for allegedly s.e.xualising a minor in his ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested a fake Senator, Ifechukwu Makwe for alleged €5.7m internet fraud. Makwe was arrested in the Guzape area of Abuja following credible intelligence about his internet-related fraud activities. A statement on ...

The acting Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has vowed to effect the withdrawal of Police Mobile Force personnel from VIP escort/guard duties. This is as he established the Special Intervention Squad which according to him would have 40,000 highly ...

  Kastina State Government has shut down schools in the state for seven days ahead of the 2023 Sallah celebration. The government has declared a one week holiday for primary and secondary school students. The acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ...

  Pastor David Ibiyeomie of Salvation Ministries has encouraged Christians struggling to pay their tithes. The Pastor encouraged them saying, as a man who knows God well, he pays way more than 10% as his tithe, and even said his ...

  A naval rating, OS Harrison, was, at the weekend, killed by unknown gunmen in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the killing, adding that nobody has been arrested in connection ...

  Teenage prostitution has taken over Anambra state according to a fresh report. The report went on to say prostitution is seen as one of the oldest professions known to mankind, but it becomes absurd when children freely engage in ...

  The Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has reacted to the murder of a man over alleged blasphemy. The governor made the plea in a statement signed by his Spokesperson, Malam Abubakar Bawa, following an attack on one Usman Buda ...

    The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, has denied renouncing his Nigerian citizenship. According to a statement by the deputy governor’s media office, Hamzat described claims that he dumped his Nigerian citizenship as “misleading and inaccurate”. Last Thursday, ...

  President Bola Tinubu has recalled his sojourn in the United States, US, and the United Kingdom, UK, saying he worked as a night guard, doorman in the US. Speaking over the weekend while interacting with the Nigerian community in ...

YouTuber MrBeast has claimed he was invited on the doomed Titan submersible that imploded on its way down to see the Titanic. MrBeast shared a text in a Twitter post on Sunday that appears to show that he was asked ...

  Four people have sustained varying degrees of injuries after some gas cylinders exploded in the Ijaiye, Agege area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the explosion occurred in the early hours of Monday in a shop stored with ...